Microsoft’s new Metro interface is great for touch but how about keyboard and mouse users?

We’ve put together a few tips and tricks to help you along your Windows 8 way with your traditional desktop. Feel free to comment if you have more and we’ll update the post with a mention and your tip/trick.

To unlock the lock screen, double tap on your mouse or hit any key on the keyboard

To bring up the “charms bar” (share, settings, shutdown, etc), hit the lower-left corner of the screen with the mouse – no clicking required.

In any app, right click to bring up the “app bar” to see everything you can do.

To go back to the Start screen, simply use the Windows Key on your keyboard.

Bump your mouse against the left side of the screen to see a thumbnail of your most recently used app. Use the scroll wheel to see all open modern apps.

Modern apps don’t generally need to be closed — they are suspended when they’re not in view. If you really need to close them, use the task manager (via the tile or ctrl+alt+delete) to force quit.

To search for anything on your system like applications, setting, or files, simply start typing from the Start screen, and the search box will automatically pop up.